PIP

• ORAL POWDERS

  • Generally supplied as finely divided powder or as effervescent granules. The finely divided powders are intended to be suspended or dissolved in water or mixed with soft food prior administration.
• DENTIFRICES

  • May be prepared in the form of bulk powder generally containing soap or detergent, mild abrasive and anticaries effect.
• DOUCHE POWDERS

  • Soluble powders intended to be dissolved in water prior to use as antiseptic or cleaning agent for a body cavity. They are most commonly intended for vaginal use.
• CAPSULES

  • Dosage forms in which unit dose of powder, semisolid, or liquid drugs are enclosed in a hard or soft, water- soluble container or shell of gelatin.
• TABLETS

  • These are solid dosage forms containing drug substances with or without suitable diluents and are prepared either by compression or molding method.
• SUGAR COATED TABLET (SCT)

  • Tablet coated with a colored or uncolored sugar layer.
• FILM-COATED TABLET (FCT)

  • Tablets coated with a thin layer of polymer capable of forming a skin like film.
• ENTERIC-COATED TABLET (ECT)

  • Designed to pass unchanged through the stomach to the intestines, where it disintegrates, dissolves & absorbs.
• MULTIPLE COMPRESSED TABLETS (MCT)

  • Made by more than one compression cycle. They are usually prepared to separate physically or chemically incompatible ingredients or to produce repeat or prolonged action of drugs. 
• CONTROLLED-RELEASE TABLET (CRT)

  • Designed to release the drug’s active ingredient gradually over the day.
• GELATIN-COATED TABLET

  • Gelcap, a capsule shaped compressed tablet that allows the coated product to be about one-third smaller than a capsule filled with an equivalent amount of powder. 
• BUCCAL TABLETS

  • Involves placing the tablet between the gums and inner lining of the check (buccal pouch)
• SUBLINGUAL TABLETS

  • Involves placing a drug under the tongue to dissolve and absorb into your blood through the tissue there. 
• EFFERVESCENT TABLET

  • Contain medicinal substances that dissolve generally when added to water.
• CHEWABLE TABLETS

  • Have a smooth disintegration when chewed or allowed to dissolve in the mouth .
• IMMEDIATE RELEASE TABLETS

  • Designed to disintegrate and release their medication with no special rate controlling features such as special coating and techniques.
• MOLDED TABLETS

  • Very soft, and soluble and are designed for rapid dissolution.
• TABLET TRITURATES

  • Small, cylindrical tablets containing small of potent drugs.
• DISPENSING TABLETS (DT)

  • AKA as compounding tablets, pharmacists used them to compound prescriptions.
• HYPODERMIC TABLETS (HT)

  • Used in extemporaneous preparations of parenteral solutions. NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
• LOZENGES/TROCHES/PASTILLES

  • Discoid shaped solid containing the medicinal agent in a suitable flavored base. They are placed in the mouth where they slowly dissolve.
• LOLLIPOPS

  • Lozenges are a type of oral solid dosage form with a short stick inserted into it which produces a local effect in the mouth.
• PILLS

  • Small, round, solid dosage form containing medicinal agents and intended for oral administration. 
• CACHETS

  • Related to capsules in as much as they provide an edible container for oral administration of solid drugs.
• PELLETS

  • Small, sterile cylinders formed by compression from medicated masses.
• OINTMENT

  • Semi solid preparations intended for external application to the skin/mucous membranes, usually contain medicinal substance.
• CREAMS

  • Viscous liquid or semi solid emulsions of O/W or W/O type.
• O/W includes shaving creams include cold creams and emollient creams.
• W/O type creams include cold creams and emollient creams. 
• GELS

  • Semi solid systems consisting of dispersion made up of either small inorganic particles or large organic molecules enclosing and interpenetrated by a liquid.
• TRANSDERMAL PREPARATIONS

  • *TRANSDERMAL PATCHES* deliver drugs directly through the skin and into the bloodstream.
• SUPPOSITORIES AND INSERTS

  • Solid dosage form intended for insertion into body orifices (Rectum, vagina, or urethra).
• SOLUTIONS Are homogenous mixtures of one or more solutes dispersed in a dissolving medium (solvent).
• WATER

  • Used mainly as a vehicle and as a solvent for the desired flavoring or medicinal ingredients.
• AROMATIC WATER (MEDICATED WATER)

  • Clear saturated aqueous solutions of volatile oils used mainly as flavored or perfumed vehicles.
• AQUEOUS ACIDS

  • Inorganic acids and certain acids of minor significance as therapeutic agents but are of greater importance in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
• DOUCHES

  • Aqueous solutions directed against a part or into a cavity of the body. They function as a cleansing agent or antiseptic agent.
• ENEMAS

  • Evacuation enemas are rectal preparations employed to evacuate the bowel. Retention enemas influences the general system by absorption or to affect locally the seat of disease.
• GARGLES

  • Aqueous solutions used for treating the nasopharynx by forcing air from the lungs through gargle which is held in the throat.
• MOUTHWASHES

  • Aqueous solutions which are most often used for their deodorizing, refreshing and antiseptic effect.